There is a lot of research on cellphones in the classroom and the increase in there use at: http://www.tomorrow.org/index.html
The research is based on national surveys over the past few years. Two reports are listed and worth reading: Mobile learning at a tipping point and Learning in the 21st Century: Taking it Mobile! Look for the data on the site and use the charts they provide. I like the knowing increase of the number of elementary children using cell phones and how it has grown.
Also, take a look at the ISTE's: SIGML: Mobile Learning Special Interest Group
SIGML is an advocate for mobile learning worldwide, and promotes meaningful integration of mobile devices in teaching and learning in formal and informal learning environments.~ Beth Cornell, PDE Mentor
iPods, iTouch and iPad Classroom Applications
iPod Apps K-12 These pages include free or almost free apps for K-12 teachers and students in content areas. http://web.me.com/dowd/Touch/Welcome.html
<!--[if gte mso 10]> Webinar link http://www.iear.org - Click on the recording link for webinar titled Mobile Learning Using the iPod Touch Webinar features 3 school districts/schools on how they are using iPod Touch devices. North Rowan High School, Rowan-Salisbury School System Grey Culbreth MS, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Comal ISD, Texas http://www.comalisd.org/mobile_learning
Some interesting topics were covered including Internet wireless equipped buses, filtering, content, assessment, ELL, etc. ~Ann Masakoski, PDE mentor
We have had an older set of iPods and also a newer set of Nano’s w/video which have been used by various departments. ·Reading @ Middle school for students working on prosody and fluency ·World Language at Middle & High School for translation practice and language fluency ·Audio Recording devices for PSA podcasts in various subjects ·Interviews (students were permitted to borrow them) ·Video recording for science experiments (Nano’s) ·Podcast recording for Language Arts, Social Studies, etc. ·Communications class (Middle School) doing 2 minute dialogues/conversations when given a written prompt to respond to ~Gary Barron, Phoenixville
Cellphones in the Classroom
There is a lot of research on cellphones in the classroom and the increase in there use at: http://www.tomorrow.org/index.html
The research is based on national surveys over the past few years. Two reports are listed and worth reading: Mobile learning at a tipping point and Learning in the 21st Century: Taking it Mobile! Look for the data on the site and use the charts they provide. I like the knowing increase of the number of elementary children using cell phones and how it has grown.
Also, take a look at the ISTE's: SIGML: Mobile Learning Special Interest Group
SIGML is an advocate for mobile learning worldwide, and promotes meaningful integration of mobile devices in teaching and learning in formal and informal learning environments.~ Beth Cornell, PDE Mentor
iPods, iTouch and iPad Classroom Applications
iPod Apps K-12 These pages include free or almost free apps for K-12 teachers and students in content areas. http://web.me.com/dowd/Touch/Welcome.html
<!--[if gte mso 10]>
Webinar link http://www.iear.org - Click on the recording link for webinar titled Mobile Learning Using the iPod Touch
Webinar features 3 school districts/schools on how they are using iPod Touch devices.
North Rowan High School, Rowan-Salisbury School System
Grey Culbreth MS, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Comal ISD, Texas http://www.comalisd.org/mobile_learning
Some interesting topics were covered including Internet wireless equipped buses, filtering, content, assessment, ELL, etc. ~Ann Masakoski, PDE mentor
We have had an older set of iPods and also a newer set of Nano’s w/video which have been used by various departments.
· Reading @ Middle school for students working on prosody and fluency
· World Language at Middle & High School for translation practice and language fluency
· Audio Recording devices for PSA podcasts in various subjects
· Interviews (students were permitted to borrow them)
· Video recording for science experiments (Nano’s)
· Podcast recording for Language Arts, Social Studies, etc.
· Communications class (Middle School) doing 2 minute dialogues/conversations when given a written prompt to respond to
~Gary Barron, Phoenixville